2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Possession in Language: Possessive Notions and Expressions in Adult Language and those in Child Language
Project/Area Number |
20K00686
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 02080:English linguistics-related
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Research Institution | Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University |
Principal Investigator |
MATSUFUJI Shigeko 日本獣医生命科学大学, 応用生命科学部, 教授 (90334557)
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Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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Keywords | 所有の言語化 / 所有の概念化 / 子どもの言語発達 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study focuses on the possession of one’s own body parts with respect to the wide range of meanings of possession. It examines empirical data on the development of the forms and discusses the universal principles involved in the encoding of possession. I argue that English-speaking children acquire subject-prominent language features early in their language development, while Japanese-speaking children acquire topic-prominent language features at a corresponding point. I consider that English has external possessive constructions and no double-subject constructions, while Japanese has double-subject constructions and no external possessive constructions, due to these features and the law of complexity. I argue that if language acquisition theory assumes within the framework of generative grammar that it has laws that capture the topic-prominent parameter and the notion of complexity, it can explain the cross-linguistic variation and development of body part expressions.
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Free Research Field |
言語心理学 第一言語獲得研究
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
1)成人と子どもの言語知識に関する先行研究から得られた知見を統合させ、類型論的に異なる言語の実証的資料を精査し、所有の言語化の普遍性と多様性をもたらす普遍的な原理や多様性の要因の解明はより包括的な所有の言語理論構築につながる。 2)研究成果で日本語児は日本語の文構造の基盤「主題+解釈」を早く獲得することを示した。その基盤が強固であるため、日本語を母語とする生徒が日本語の文構造の基盤と異なる英語を学ぶ場合、英文を解釈し理解する時に英語の文構造の基盤ではなく日本語の基盤に当てはめている可能性がある。言語の文構造の基盤が第一言語獲得にも第二言語学習にもどの程度影響を及ぼすかは今後の課題である。
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